“Gravestone Manor,” a seven-skit comedy, will be performed at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 28, and 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 29 at the Beckwith Theatre in Dowagiac, Michigan.
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One person was injured in a two-vehicle crash early Sunday morning at Brownsville and M-62 in Jefferson Township, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.
The grant was awarded as part of the State Land Bank’s Blight Elimination Program, and will fund two projects: the rehabilitation of the former Cassopolis Village Hall, and the stabilization of two historic buildings that once housed The Tailgater in downtown Marcellus.
A 16-year-old crashed his pickup truck into trees west of the intersection of Miller and Cranberry Roads in Marcellus Township Monday, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.
A special ceremony and presentation is planned this evening at Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library to honor former library director Christine Nofsinger. Nofsinger recently embarked on a 2,611 mile bike ride across the country and raised nearly $10,000 for the library. She will recount her cross-country adventures in a presentation beginning at 6:30 p.m.
The tight-knit relationship between patrons and the Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library is the fuel behind the new journey Christine Nofsinger is embarking upon this spring. She will start a nearly 3,000-mile cross-country bike trip with the ambition of raising funds for the Marcellus Library with what she is calling “The Russell Wood Ride.”
A 28-year-old Marcellus man was caught trying to smuggle narcotics into St. Joseph County Jail early Monday morning but his efforts proved unsuccessful.
Glen Oaks recently announced its outstanding scholars for the Fall 2021 Semester. Check out the complete list here.
WSV’s fall member drive begins today and Executive Editor Alek Haak-Frost would like to have a quick word with you about it.
More than 50 colorful, artistic, hand-made quilts will be on display at the Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library during the first Marcellus First Friday celebration on June 4, 2021 from 5 to 8 p.m. They will be donated to the Mennonite Central Committee for distribution to refugees around the world.
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On this week’s episode of Spartans, Wolverines and Beards Podcast, Layne breaks down the much anticipated return of boys’ and girls’ high school hoops.
Glen Oaks Community College has announced its outstanding scholars for the Fall 2020 Semester.
Patch & Remington, a new community-driven art space in Marcellus, is set for Grand Opening on February 1. WSV’s Michael Hogoboom reached out to Sarah Ayers, co-founder of the project, to learn more about the new community space coming to Southwest Michigan.
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) said in a Friday morning bulletin it plans to fully close a section of Highway M-216, known locally as Marcellus Road or Marcellus Highway. The closure will last two days and will take place from 7 a.m. on Monday, November 9 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10. The closed section will be between Pulver Road and Bent Road in Flowerfield Township, a short distance west of U.S. Highway 131.